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Acronym
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface: an industry-standard specification
(co-developed by Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba, for
1.
ACPI
operating-system -directed power management for laptop, desktop, and server
computers. A replacement for APM.
2.
AP
Access Point.
3.
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System.
4.
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier.
5.
DC
Direct Current.
A digital video compression format provided by Sony. The DVCAM format
6.
DVCAM
provides fixed media compression.
7.
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk.
Europe, Middle East and Africa, a term used in traditional and electronic
8.
EMEA
commerce to signify activities in those regions of the world or to refer specifically
to those regions.
Electromagnetic interference, Interference by electromagnetic signals that can
9.
EMI
cause reduced data integrity and increased error rates on transmission channels.
10.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission.
Global Positioning System. A system that uses satellites, receivers and software
11.
GPS
to allow users to determine their precise geographic position.
12.
HDD
Hard Disk Drive.
13.
LAN
Local Area Network.
14.
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display.
15.
MAC
Media Access Control.
16.
MMCX
Multimedia Communications Exchange.
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